Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3973, John H Genther, Continentan (France)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (France)
Genther, John H. Mary
R 3973
CONTENTS
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REJECTED
3973
P. O. _____
John H. Gunther
Service: _____
Served in the French Army
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Allies: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

John H. Genter.
No 4491
Pennsylvania
Rejected P. 32
Nov. 13. 1832.
to Hon Peter Shaeffer, Junr.
Easton Penn a
3973
(Served in French Army.)
No papers can be found in this case by me
BKB
Nov 29 1833

BRIEF in the case of  Jno H Guther of Easton  County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     In 17 98 3 Private Gen. Capt Misrotkey Col Count Dillon Duke de Lawson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Yorktown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Paris. France 
7. Is his statement supported by living documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by none?  Living & Traditional
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached properly.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jno Wilson Examining Clerk.

John H. Genter
Oct 1832.
Pa
ny

State of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
Be it Known, that on this fifteenth day of November , A. D. 185 2 , before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Genther
resident of Easton in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of John H. Genther , who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of
that she is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of John H. Genther for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. For
Mary Genther Mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Genther to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
J. Weygant Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Prothonotary  Clerk of the Court of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid that Mary Genther the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the identical widow of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that J. Weygant Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this fifteenth day of November 185 2 J. A. James Prothonotary
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.